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John MaynardFebruary 18, 2019 0

Data-driven is better: Lessons from handicapping the ponies

Data-driven is a buzzword again. It feels new and shiny but has been around for years. Yet, people still ask what it means to be data-driven. If you wonder why it’s important to be data-driven, you might ask your bookie. Yes, I said your bookie. In thinking about when I

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Data Management

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunFebruary 14, 2019 0

2019 데이터 사이언티스트로 향하는 길

불과 몇 년 전 까지만 해도 ‘데이터 사이언티스트’라는 단어는 많은 사람들에게 꽤나 생소한 단어였을 것입니다. 하지만 4차 산업혁명이 이미 산업 전반에 깊숙이 자리한 오늘날, 빅데이터 분석이 핵심 역량으로 부상하며 데이터 과학자(data scientist)의 인지도 역시 굉장히 높아졌습니다. 단순히 인지도뿐만이 아닙니다. 세계 최대 취업 정보 사이트 글래스도어(Glassdoor)가 발표한 2019년 ‘미국 최고 직업

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Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinFebruary 13, 2019 0

3 ways to obtain the Hessian at the MLE solution for a regression model

When you use maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) to find the parameter estimates in a generalized linear regression model, the Hessian matrix at the optimal solution is very important. The Hessian matrix indicates the local shape of the log-likelihood surface near the optimal value. You can use the Hessian to estimate

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Greg HeidrickFebruary 12, 2019 0

Can IoT reduce energy costs for retailers?

This Is the third and final installment of a series of posts discussing promising use cases in retail and the benefits of adopting IoT technologies in 2019. What will be the ground-breaking new application of IoT and analytics that drives an epiphany and spurs widespread adoption? In previous posts, I discussed

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Analytics

Jos van DongenFebruary 11, 2019 0

Dutch Data Science, Part 8: Zilveren Kruis

This episode covers one of the greatest challenges in Dutch data science: how to distribute €43 billion (no, that’s not a typo) among all Dutch health care insurers in a fair, equal and transparent way. To learn more, I visited the biggest health insurer of the country, Zilveren Kruis, and

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Analytics | Data for Good

Mark PittsFebruary 11, 2019 0

Saving lives with genetics and big data

During each minute you spend reading this article, 18 people will die of cancer. With each tick of the clock, your odds of becoming one of them increases: age is one of the primary risk factors for cancer. Take Nancy. She is a normal, active, healthy woman. Inside her body

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Yuri RuedaFebruary 11, 2019 0

Prevención de lavado de dinero, cómo proteger la reputación y rentabilidad de las entidades financieras

En las semanas recientes, el gobierno mexicano se ha enfocado en combatir el robo de combustible que aqueja a varios estados del país, el delito que se ha producido para Pemex por $3,000 millones de dólares (mdd), según la calificadora de inversiones Moody's Investor Services. Si bien se ha cuestionado

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Banking | Government

Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinFebruary 11, 2019 0

4 reasons to use PROC PLM for linear regression models in SAS

Have you ever run a regression model in SAS but later realize that you forgot to specify an important option or run some statistical test? Or maybe you intended to generate a graph that visualizes the model, but you forgot? Years ago, your only option was to modify your program

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Internet of Things | Machine Learning

February 7, 2019 0

¿Hasta dónde podría llegar con la Inteligencia Artificial?

Hablar de Inteligencia Artificial parece muy lejano para algunas personas y para otras es algo que ya se está implementado a una gran velocidad. En este artículo espero iniciar con una serie de reflexiones y conversaciones acerca de lo que esperamos desarrollar hoy y a dónde queremos llegar en el

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Analytics | Data for Good | Students & Educators

Manuel FigalloFebruary 7, 2019 0

An unexpected weapon in the fight against the opioid epidemic: Graduate students

Each day, more than 130 Americans die from opioid overdoses. Combating the opioid epidemic begins with understanding it, and that begins with data. SAS recently partnered with graduate students from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) 's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy to understand how data mining and machine

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Education | Government | Health Care

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Andreas BecksFebruary 6, 2019 0

Dem Algorithmus in die Blackbox schauen: KI-Entscheidungen erklärbar machen

Im vorangegangenen Blog habe ich die „vier Säulen des Vertrauens“ für automatisierte Entscheidungen vorgestellt. Dieser hat gezeigt: Erklärbarkeit und Transparenz beziehen sich auf den gesamten analytischen Prozess. Wie sieht es aber mit der „Blackbox“ der maschinellen Lernalgorithmen aus? Auch dort muss Transparenz durch eine analytische Plattform gewährleistet sein. Die gute

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Analytics

Cameron McLauchlin

Cameron McLauchlinFebruary 4, 2019 0

The case for personal change in health care

One of the key health trends we’ll continue to follow in 2019 is the flood of medical and personal data that, if managed and analyzed properly, could help health care organizations provide better care, life sciences companies deliver better therapies and individuals make smarter lifestyle choices. Sounds great, but there

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Health Care | Life Sciences

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips | SAS Administrators | SAS Events

Frederik Vandenberghe

Frederik VandenbergheFebruary 1, 2019 0

Installing SAS Viya Azure virtual machines with a single click

I don't know about you, but when I read challenges like: Detecting hidden heart failure before it harms an individual Can SAS Viya AI help to digitalize pension management? How to recommend your next adventure based on travel data How to use advanced analytics in building a relevant next best

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunJanuary 31, 2019 0

공공 기관을 위한 효과적인 인공지능 전략

2019년에도 인공지능(AI)은 여전히 모든 기관 및 조직들에게 큰 화두일 것으로 보입니다. 인공지능 기술을 통해 기관은 대량의 데이터를 빠르게 분석하고 반복적인 업무 프로세스를 자동화하며, 투명성을 높임으로써 전반적인 운영 효율을 개선할 수 있습니다. 이러한 혁신은 이제 더 이상 첨단 IT 기업들만의 성공 사례가 아닙니다. 새해를 맞이하여 공공 기관이 효과적으로 AI 전략을 구현하기

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Andreas BecksJanuary 31, 2019 0

Nachvollziehbarkeit und Vertrauen: Oberste Prämisse für ethische KI-Entscheidungen

Im ersten Teil meines Blogs habe ich argumentiert, dass die Beschäftigung mit künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) und Ethik keine rein philosophische oder gesellschaftspolitische Fragestellung ist. Eines ist klar: Die Ethik-Debatten werden in diesem Jahr weitergehen und sich stärker an den realistischen Möglichkeiten und Risiken von KI orientieren. Unternehmen und Organisationen, die

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Analytics

Luis BarrientosJanuary 30, 2019 0

La analítica, la orquestación y su gobierno, piezas relevantes en el cumplimiento de IFRS 17

El tiempo corre; se aproxima cada vez más la entrada en vigor de IFRS 17 (International Financial Reporting Standard). No obstante, la decisión de IASB para retrasar 12 meses más la entrada en vigor de esta norma (para el primer día de 2022), las empresas aseguradoras de gran parte del

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Banking | Insurance

Analytics | Data for Good

Tom SaboJanuary 29, 2019 0

Analytics can help combat the horrors of human trafficking

January serves as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month, culminating in the annual observation of National Freedom Day on February 1. For many, this month presents an opportunity to refocus efforts to slow, and ultimately stop, human trafficking around the globe, but especially here in the United States. The

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Analytics

Alison BolenJanuary 28, 2019 0

Today we celebrate The Do Loop!

By almost any measure, Rick Wicklin is the most prolific and most popular blogger at SAS. Author of The Do Loop, Rick has been writing and publishing blogs at SAS since 2010, and today he publishes his 1,000th post on The Do Loop! To celebrate, I want to highlight some

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Analytics

Mauricio GonzálezJanuary 24, 2019 0

La evolución hacia la inteligencia fiscal

A nadie le gusta pagar impuestos. Y no son pocos los contribuyentes -personas físicas y morales- que buscan formas de declarar ingresos más bajos que los reales con tal de desembolsar lo menos a las autoridades fiscales (como el Sistema de Administración Tributaria de México). De hecho, estas organizaciones son

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Josh MorganJanuary 24, 2019 0

Can AI in healthcare help us identify high-risk people across systems?

Many of the buzzy applications of AI in healthcare we hear about involve medical IoT, computer vision for radiology or disease prediction. But the fact is, many health institutions that just aren’t there yet with adoption. With limited budgets and dated systems, can public health agencies tap into the power

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Government | Health Care

Analytics

Andreas BecksJanuary 23, 2019 0

Aktuarielle Transformation: Wie Herrn Kaisers Ruhestand die Versicherungsmathematik in Unruhe versetzt

„Hallo, Herr Kaiser!“ Kennen Sie ihn noch? Von den 1970er-Jahren bis in die frühen 2000er kam er vor jeder Tagesschau in unser Wohnzimmer. Als Versicherungsvertreter verkörperte er Vertrauen, Nähe und Fairness. Egal ob Unfall-, Sach-, Haftpflicht- oder Kfz-Versicherung: Günter Kaiser wusste, was Sache ist. Er war das bekannteste Werbegesicht Deutschlands.

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 23, 2019 0

Coding and simulating categorical variables in regression models

Recently I was asked to explain the result of an ANOVA analysis that I posted to a statistical discussion forum. My program included some simulated data for an ANOVA model and a call to the GLM procedure to estimate the parameters. I was asked why the parameter estimates from PROC

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 23, 2019 0

Coding and simulating categorical variables in regression models

Recently I was asked to explain the result of an ANOVA analysis that I posted to a statistical discussion forum. My program included some simulated data for an ANOVA model and a call to the GLM procedure to estimate the parameters. I was asked why the parameter estimates from PROC

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Analytics

Francisco OlveraJanuary 22, 2019 0

Transporte y analítica, un impulso a la productividad y al crecimiento económico

Los sistemas de transporte son, sin duda, un importante factor para el crecimiento económico de un país. Cuanto más eficientes, ágiles, puntuales y seguros sean, mayor será su impacto en la movilidad de la población y las distintas actividades productivas. Las opciones son muy variadas: autobuses, microbuses, taxis, trenes, metro,

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Cameron McLauchlin

Cameron McLauchlinJanuary 22, 2019 0

Analytics and life beyond age 100

The first person to live to 150 has already been born. When I first heard this controversial idea, popularized by biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey of the SENS Research Foundation, it gave me chills. It’s amazing to think we could have 50 more years to spend with loved ones and

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Health Care | Life Sciences

Analytics | Machine Learning | Programming Tips

Partition data into training, validation, and testing in SAS

Rick WicklinJanuary 21, 2019 0

Create training, validation, and test data sets in SAS

In machine learning and other model building techniques, it is common to partition a large data set into three segments: training, validation, and testing. Training data is used to fit each model. Validation data is a random sample that is used for model selection. These data are used to select

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Analytics | Students & Educators

Students deeply investigated how the ball moved

Naohiro Takemura (竹村尚大)January 18, 2019 0

SAS Japanによる小学生向けプログラミング教育: 玉川学園で体験授業を実施

私が小学生のころ、21世紀になると自動車は空を飛び、真空チューブの中のリニアモーターカーは時速2000kmに達するものだと思っていましたが、現在のような情報化社会は想像できていませんでした。初めてパソコンに触ったとき、何をするためのものなのかさっぱりわからなかったことを覚えています。いまの小学生が大人になるころは、どのような社会になっているのでしょうか。10年先、20年先を想像することは難しいですが、子どもたちは、その社会で生きるための力を身につける必要があります。

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Analytics

Mike GillilandJanuary 17, 2019 0

Preview of Foresight (Winter 2019 issue)

This issue's preview is provided by Ralph Culver, Foresight's manuscript editor. Preview of Winter 2019 issue of Foresight The Winter 2019 issue of Foresight—number 52—kicks off with Simon Clarke’s enthusiastic review of The Little Illustrated) Book of Operational Forecasting by Dr. Steve Morlidge. Every year brings us new, inexperienced business-operations

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Künstliche Intelligenz

Andreas BecksJanuary 17, 2019 0

KI und Ethik: Warum Unternehmen sich damit beschäftigen

Wenn wir über künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und Ethik sprechen, dann beziehen wir uns nicht in erster Linie auf dystopische Anwendungen, in denen ein autonomer Roboter stur und ohne menschliche Kontrolle in Terminator-Manier Entscheidungen über Leben und Tod trifft. Das soll natürlich nicht heißen, dass ein kritischer Diskurs zum Beispiel über

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 16, 2019 0

Three ways to add a line to a Q-Q plot

A quantile-quantile plot (Q-Q plot) is a graphical tool that compares a data distribution and a specified probability distribution. If the points in a Q-Q plot appear to fall on a straight line, that is evidence that the data can be approximately modeled by the target distribution. Although it is

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